据2026年10月9日美国物理学会（American Physical Society，简称APS）网站公布：郑晓静教授当选APS（DFD） Fellow，即美国物理学会（流体力学分部，Division of Fluid Dynamics，简称DFD）会士。郑晓静教授的当选词“因其在以沙尘暴为代表的环境颗粒－湍流认知方面的深远贡献（profound contributions）和基于沙漠中独一无二的观测阵列对极高雷诺数大尺度湍流测量的研究”（详见APS官网：https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/aps-fellowship?t=Division%20of%20Fluid%20Dynamics%20Fellowship&af=true）。
郑晓静教授分别于1982年和1984年在华中科技大学获工学学士和硕士学位，1987年获兰州大学理学博士学位后在兰州大学任教，2009年当选中国科学院（数理学部）院士，2010年当选发展中国家科学院（工程学部）院士，2012年受教育部任命担任西安电子科技大学校长，2025年任兰州大学“西部灾害与环境力学教育部重点实验室”学术委员会主任。郑晓静教授早期从事固体力学研究，其研究成果得到该领域著名学者钱伟长先生的高度认可；建立的超磁滞伸缩材料力学本构模型被国际著名计算软件COMSOL 采用。此次郑晓静教授当选APS（DFD）Fellow主要是对她近期在流体力学研究方面的贡献。她是目前少有的在力学两个主流领域均做出重要贡献的力学家。
郑晓静教授一直扎根西北，聚焦科学前沿，服务国家需求。针对西北风沙灾害，她开创了风沙环境力学，带领“兰州大学颗粒-湍流研究中心”的青年教师和研究生，进行了从野外观测、风洞实验到数值模拟的理论及应用的全方位研究。她们在巴丹吉林沙漠中建成的国际上唯一可用于湍流边界层研究的沙尘暴全场、多要素、实时同步观测站，被流体力学权威期刊Journal of Fluid Mechanics在剑桥大学官网称为“独一无二”和“高技术科学站”，其研究成果不仅深化了对沙尘暴本质的理解，也拓展了流体力学界对高雷诺数两相壁湍流的认知边界；她们实现了从单颗沙粒运动到数百平方公里沙丘场长达数十年形成演化过程和沙漠边缘扩展速度的理论预测，给出了一种极大节约成本的固沙工程方案。郑晓静教授还被列入“对流体力学300年来做出重要贡献的150位学者”之一（另一位中国学者是周培源先生）；应邀在流体力学顶刊Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics撰写有关沙尘暴湍流的力学综述文章；她的专著“Aeolian Particle-Laden Turbulence”经剑桥大学出版社遴选后出版，匿名评审人的评价包括“郑晓静教授是中国研究界在国际上最受认可、顶尖的边界层风沙流输运研究的专家”“它将作为一部具有创造性的著作而脱颖而出，与常见的典型湍流教科书截然不同”等。郑晓静教授此次当选APS（DFD）Fellow是国际流体力学界再次对她工作的高度肯定和认可。
美国物理学会：
美国物理学会（APS）成立于1899年，是全球最具声望的物理学专业学会之一，流体力学分部（DFD）是APS的20个分部之一。APS会士制度始于1921年，授予在物理学研究、应用、教育及领导力等方面做出重大创新性贡献的会员（详见百度百科）。2026年共有7学者当选为APS（DFD）Fellow 。迄今为止，共有5位中国科研机构的学者当选APS DFD会士（其余4位的工作单位分别是香港中文大学、北京大学、中国科学院力学研究所、清华大学）。
Academician Zheng Xiaojing, Chair of the Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China (Ministry of Education), Elected APS Fellow
According to the announcement released on October 9, 2026, Professor Zheng Xiaojing has been elected an APS (DFD) Fellow of the American Physical Society. Her election citation reads “for profound contributions to understanding environmental particle-turbulence interactions exemplified by sand-dust storms, and for investigations of high-Reynolds-number large-scale turbulence measurements based on one-of-a-kind observational arrays in deserts.” (See APS official website: https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/aps-fellowship?t=Division%20of%20Fluid%20Dynamics%20Fellowship&af=true ).
Professor Xiaojing Zheng obtained her Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1982 and 1984 respectively. She was awarded her Doctor of Science degree by Lanzhou University in 1987 and thereafter joined the faculty of Lanzhou University. She was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Division of Mathematics and Physics) in 2009 and Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (Division of Engineering) in 2010. In 2012, she was appointed President of Xidian University by the Ministry of Education. In 2025, she assumed the position of Chair of the Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China (Ministry of Education) at Lanzhou University. In her early career, Professor Zheng conducted research in solid mechanics. Her findings won high recognition from the renowned scholar, Prof. Weichang Qian, in this field, and were adopted by COMSOL, a world-famous computational software package. Her election as an APS (DFD) Fellow primarily acknowledges her recent contributions to fluid mechanics. She is among the few mechanicians who have delivered landmark achievements in two major mainstream branches of mechanics.
Rooted in Northwest China, Professor Xiaojing Zheng has long been advancing cutting-edge science to meet national strategic needs. Targeting sand-wind disasters in Northwest China, she pioneered aeolian environmental mechanics. Leading young faculty and postgraduate students at Center for Particle-Laden Turbulence (CPT), Lanzhou University, she has carried out comprehensive theoretical and applied research covering field observations, wind-tunnel experiments and numerical simulations. Her team has built the world’s only full-field, multi-factor, real-time synchronous observation array, Qingtu Lake Observation Array (QLOA), for sand-dust storms dedicated to turbulent boundary-layer research in the Badain Jaran Desert. QLOA has been commends as a “unique location” and a “high-tech science station” on the homepage of Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Her research outcomes have not only deepened insights into the nature of sand-dust storms but also expanded the boundaries of understanding high-Reynolds-number two-phase wall turbulence within the fluid-mechanics community. Her group has achieved theoretical predictions of sand-grain motion at the particle scale as well as the formation-evolution of dune fields spanning hundreds of square kilometres over decades and the expansion rate of desert margins, and proposed a highly cost-effective sand-fixation engineering solution. Professor Zheng is also listed as one of the 150 scholars who have made landmark contributions to fluid mechanics over the past 300 years (the other Chinese scholar is Zhou Peiyuan). She was invited to write a review article on fluid dynamics of sandstorms for “Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics”, a top journal in fluid mechanics. Her monograph “Aeolian Particle-Laden Turbulence” was selected for publication by Cambridge University Press following anonymous peer review. Reviewers commented that“Prof Xiaojing Zheng is probably the most internationally recognised, top expert on aeolian sediment transport in boundary layer flows in the Chinese research community” and that “Thus, it will stand apart as a creative work, distinct from the typical turbulence textbook found everywhere.” Professor Zheng’s election as an APS DFD Fellow represents another high-level recognition of her work by the international fluid-mechanics community.
About APS
Founded in 1899, the American Physical Society (APS) is one of the world’s most prestigious professional physics societies. The Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) is one of APS’s 20 divisions. Initiated in 1921, the APS Fellowship program recognizes members who have made significant innovative contributions to physics research, applications, education and leadership. Seven scholars were elected APS (DFD) Fellows in 2026. To date, five scholars affiliated with Chinese research institutions have become APS DFD Fellows (the other four are based at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Peking University, the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Tsinghua University respectively).